Lu Jinan smiled and said nothing, tapping his fingers regularly on the table as he watched Bai An figure out the matter on his own.
Bai An shouted in surprise: "You knew it before, why didn't you tell me?"
Lu Jinan stretched out his hand, propped up his head with that hand, and said softly, "I know, but there is no evidence, and our family was so ignorant at the time, what should we do?"
"We can only wait until they can admit their mistakes themselves."
"What if they don't admit it?" Bai An looked into Lu Jinan's eyes and asked seriously, "Are you going to wait forever?"
Lu Jinan shook his head, looked at his parents who were busy outside, and said softly: "I have my own way."
Bai An didn't understand what he was thinking, so he didn't say anything.
When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, when Lu Demin and Wanqing were about to wash up and go to bed, there was a crisp knock on the door. They looked at each other and knew who was knocking without thinking.
Wanqing turned her head and looked at Lu Demin beside her and asked.
"Is it them? Do you want to open the door?"
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Lu Demin sighed, got up, put on some clothes and said, "Let's go. They finally came here. Now that they are here, let's explain the matter clearly."
Wanqing responded, put on some clothes and got out of bed.
When they walked outside, they saw Lu Jinan already waiting at the gate, asking them if they wanted to open the door.
Lu Demin was not surprised by Lu Jinan's presence. He asked softly, "Is Bai An asleep?"
"Asleep."
Hearing the answer, Lu Demin nodded and opened the door. As expected, he saw Cui Ju's parents and their son, Lin Zhixia, outside the door.
"Isn't Aster here?"
When Cui Ju's mother heard Wan Qing's question, she said a little embarrassedly: "Cui Ju doesn't know about this, so I didn't call her."
Wanqing nodded and was about to take them into the house for a cup of tea.
"No need for tea." Cuiju's father waved his hand, and two blushes appeared on his sunburned face. He whispered, "Just talk about it here."
Wanqing felt that this was not the way to treat guests, so she turned around and asked Lu Deming what he thought. Lu Deming nodded at her and said that he would handle the matter.
Lu Demin said to Cui Ju's father, "Bai An is asleep now, so let's just explain things in a few simple sentences."
Lin Zhixia was not very interested in all this. He just leaned against the door quietly and watched them talk. He had already advised them before that if they continued like this, they would be exposed sooner or later. There was no need to wait for that day, today was the day.
Lu Jinan on the side also looked at them with boredom. He didn't care about the process, only the result. He glanced coldly at Lin Zhixia beside him, and Lin Zhixia slightly curled her lips at him.
While his parents were discussing, Lin Zhixia came up to him and asked softly, "Is Bai An really asleep? She discovered this. Why don't you ask her to come out and take a look?"
"This is none of your business. It's best not to ask."
Faced with Lu Jinan's cold words, Lin Zhixia was not annoyed at all. She still looked at them quietly with a pretentious smile.
"I know that the villagers came to your house that day and took away a lot of things, and we are unable to compensate you." Cuiju's mother said embarrassedly: "If you have other requests, as long as we can do it, we will definitely do it."
Cui Ju's parents clasped their hands stiffly in front of their chests and looked at Lu Demin and Wanqing with pleading eyes.
Wanqing felt a little reluctant, so she turned to look at her husband and asked in a low voice, "Do you have anything to say?"
"How about this." Lu Demin looked at the two people in front of him, no, it should be three people, and said, "I don't want to hurt the relationship, and I don't want you to pay compensation. You just need to prove our innocence in front of everyone."
Cui Ju's father nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, this is inevitable."
Cui Ju's mother also quickly took out the last bit of food she brought from home and stuffed it into Wan Qing's hands, saying anxiously, "There isn't much left at home, so you guys should just take it for now, and we'll return it to you later when we have more."
Wanqing couldn't refuse, so she took the bag of food, opened it and looked at the small amount of millet in the bag. She said embarrassedly, "After so many days, is this all that's left? Didn't you take more at the time?"
Cui Ju's parents couldn't quite hear whether Wan Qing was asking this question seriously or in a sarcastic tone. Lin Zhi Xia, who was standing by, saw that Wan Qing was just asking this question simply.
So kind.
"At that time, there was not much food left at home, so my mother had to resort to this desperate measure. She didn't take more than that, just a small bag of rice, and these are the remaining ones."
Wanqing looked at the rice in the bag, then looked at Lu Deming standing beside her. Lu Deming frowned and thought that the house could be said to have been completely looted at that time, but he did not expect that the culprit only took a small bag of rice.
Lu Demin said to them, "It's getting late today, you should go back first. As long as you explain this matter clearly to everyone, it will be over."
Cui Ju's parents and their family thanked her gratefully, took Lin Zhixia's hand and turned away.
Lu Demin looked at their receding backs and sighed inwardly. He could understand some of the reasons why they did this. Who would do such a thing if they were not desperate?
"Go back to bed."
When Lu Demin was about to close the gate while holding Wanqing's hand, Lu Jinan held the gate helplessly and said to Lu Demin, "Dad, have you forgotten that your son is still outside?"
Lu Demin looked outside in surprise, and when he saw Lu Jinan's face, he couldn't help laughing, "Hey, I didn't realize you were still outside. You were hiding quite secretly, son."
Lu Jinan laughed helplessly and said to Lu Demin, "Let's go back and talk about it."
On the way back, Wanqing gently hit Lu Demin's shoulder and said, "What were you thinking just now? Why did you just lock your son out?"
Lu Demin smiled and said, "Didn't you see it?"
"Don't do this next time."
The next morning, Lu Jinan looked at Dazhuang and Cuiju in front of him. They were standing at the door, looking at him with their big eyes. He frowned slightly, turned around and shouted to Bai An in the house.
"Bai An, your two friends are here to see you."
"Here she comes, here she comes." Bai An hurriedly ran out with her small bag, saying excitedly as she ran, "Is Aster here too?"
"Bai An!"
"Aster!"
The two little girls hugged each other and jumped for joy. Da Zhuang, who was standing nearby, saw this and quickly came over, saying that he wanted one too.
Lu Jinan just looked at the three of them together, not knowing what they were so happy about.
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